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- Nevada (17565 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = NV |
25: ...l>All but 5 locations (Duck Valley Indian Reservation, Jackpot, Mountain City, Owyhee, and West Wendov...
37: ...opulation increased 66.3%, while the USA's population increased 13.1%.
39: ...l state slogan, as Nevada was admitted into the union during the [[American Civil War]].
41: ...or ''hat''. (Residents often regard the pronunciation as a test of whether visitors such as presidenti... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
30: * [[Irrigation]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]
48: ** [[Fermentation]] to produce [[beer]] in [[Sumeria]]
54: * [[Spoke|Spoked]] wheel [[chariot]] in the [[Ancient Near East|Middle East]] - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
31: ...ing]], (born 1980), [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] [[Basketball]] player, [[Houston Rockets]]
32: *[[Yao Wenyuan]], (born 1931)
71: *[[Boris Yeltsin|Yeltsin, Boris]] (b. 1931) [[President of Russia]]
129: *[[Thom Yorke|Yorke, Thom]], of [[Radiohead]]
148: ...oung|Young, Brigham]], (1801-1877), American religious leader - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
2: ... [[Pope]]s have been buried there, too. Construction of the [[basilica]] began in [[1506]] and was co...
4: ... longer used. These are the sources of the confusion.
8: ... great basilica in this exact spot, which had previously been a cemetery for pagans as well as Christi...
12: ...o della Porta]] continued with the unfinished portions of the church. [[Carlo Maderno]] became the chi...
14: ...ago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/_Texts/Lanciani/LANPAC/3*.html#sec16 Ci... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: ...[[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...6]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ...[[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
31: *[[Aetion]] ([[4th century BC]])
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]]) - Timeline of microscope technology (1673 bytes)
6: ... [[1609]] - [[Galileo Galilei]] develops an ''occhiolino'' or compound microscope with a convex and a ...
7: * [[1612]] - Galileo presents ''occhiolino'' to [[Poland|Polish]] king [[Sigismund I of ...
9: * c.[[1622]] - Drebbel presents his invention in [[Rome]].
10: * [[1624]] - Galileo presents his ''occhiolino'' to Prince Federico Cesi, founder of the ''A...
11: * [[1625]] - Giovanni Faber of Bamberg ([[1574]] - [[1629]]) of th... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
3: ...entions named after people]], [[timeline of invention]], [[inventor]].
23: ...ird]], (1888-1946), [[Scotland]] — [[television]]
25: ...[Trevor Baylis]], (1937- ) — [[clockwork radio]]
56: ...ullen]] — mechanical / chemical [[refrigeration]]
63: ...ph Day]] --(1855-1946) Two Stroke Internal Combustion Engine - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
3: ... of [[mass production]] to the process of [[invention]].
5: ... which was a conglomerate of nine major film studios (commonly known as the Edison Trust).
10: ...d tavern keeper who would marry Nancy Matthews Elliott.
12: ...ould become a rebel joining the [[MacKenzie Rebellion]] that sought Canadian independence. The revolt...
14: ...], then [[Peru, Ohio]], and finally to [[Milan, Ohio]]. That town was enjoying an economic boom. Sam'... - Cell (biology) (28190 bytes)
2: ...cellular]], (humans have an estimated 100,000 billion = 10<sup>14</sup> cells).
3: ...d for transmitting information to the next generation of cells.
11: ...cessary. Each cell stores its own set of instructions for carrying out each of these activities.
14: *Reproduction by [[cell division]].
15: ...ecule]]s and releasing [[by-product]]s. The functioning of a cell depends upon its ability to extract... - World War II (58065 bytes)
1: ...295px|[[Mushroom cloud]] from the [[nuclear explosion]] over [[Nagasaki]] rising 18 km (over 11 miles)...
4: ...ese War]]), or earlier yet the 1931 Japanese invasion of [[Manchuria]]. Still others argue that the [[...
8: ...y [[Technology during World War II|war-time inventions]].
10: ...mmunist [[People's Republic of China]] and the Nationalist [[Republic of China]].
18: ...0, and vowed to defend one another against aggression. This replaced the German-Japanese [[Anti-Comint... - Timeline of United States history (1930-1949) (8681 bytes)
1: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] con...
3: ...rant Mother," an iconic image of the Great Depression in the United States]]
6: *[[1931]] - [[Empire State Building]] opens
7: *[[1931]] - [[Japan]] invades [[Manchuria]]
12: *[[1932]] - [[Norris LaGuardia Anti Injunction Bill]] - History of the United States (1918-1945) (54688 bytes)
7: ... was a great miiigration of formerly rural population to the cities. However agriculture became incre...
9: ...of the nation rejected Wilson's brand of interventionism.
14: ...y]] returned to the [[White House]] with the election of [[Warren G. Harding]], who promised a "return...
16: ...an planning. The boom was reflected by the extension of credit to a dangerous degree, including in th...
18: ...der generation). [[Dancing]] was a popular recreation. - January 17 (12233 bytes)
6: ... the [[Vote of No Address]], breaking off negotiations with [[Charles I of England|King Charles I]] an...
15: * [[1899]] - The [[United States]] takes possession of [[Wake Island]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]].
17: ...sociation of America|Professional Golfers Association]] (PGA) is formed.
18: ... - The [[United States]] pays [[Denmark]] $25 million for the [[U.S. Virgin Islands|Virgin Islands]].
19: ...peye|Popeye the Sailor Man]], a [[cartoon]] [[fictional character | character]] created by [[Elzie Cri... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...ear's Day'', and was, with [[Christmas]] and occasionally [[Twelfth Night (holiday)|Twelfth Night]], a...
7: *[[404]] - Last known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes place.
16: ...t edition of ''[[The Times]]'' of [[London]], previously ''The Daily Universal Register'', is publishe...
18: *[[1801]] - Legislative union of [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] and [[Kingdom of...
21: *[[1808]] - Importation of [[slave]]s into the [[United States]] is bann... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
7: ...]], the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the [[papacy]].
10: ...ed States]] [[United States Constitution|Constitution]].
11: *[[1793]] - [[Russia]] and [[Prussia]] partition [[Poland]].
13: *[[1818]] - British [[Institution of Civil Engineers]] formed
16: *[[1870]] - Construction of the [[Brooklyn Bridge]] begins. - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
7: ...to practical skyscraper development was the invention of the [[elevator]].
9: ...ucted in [[1884]]-[[1885]] and was destroyed in [[1931]] for the Field's building. Another contender fo...
11: ...orted by these skeletal frames. Special consideration must also be given for wind loads.
15: ... tallest..." depends greatly on matters of definition.
19: ...es, such as [[antenna (radio)|antenna]]s and [[radio masts and towers|mast]]s. This sort of ranking al... - Flood (7770 bytes)
5: ...the world, the [[soil]] has very poor water retention characteristics, or the amount of rainfall excee...
7: ... farmlands and can result in their eventual depletion. The annual cycle of flood and farming was of gr...
10: ... such as [[Bangladesh]], due to their extended periods of [[rainfall]].
12: ...mounts of [[precipitation (meteorology)|precipitation]] associated with hurricanes. The eye of a hurri...
14: Under some rare conditions associated with [[heat wave]]s, [[flash flood]]... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
1: ...[Paris]] airport, see [[Charles de Gaulle International Airport]]''
40: ...sman. ({{audio|fr-Charles_de_Gaulle.ogg|pronunciation of his name}})
42: ...overnment in [[1958]], he inspired a new constitution<sup>1</sup> and was the [[Fifth Republic]]'s fir...
45: ...mily of rich entrepreneurs from the industrial region of Lille in [[French Flanders]]. Born in [[Lille...
47: ...the family was legalist and respected the institutions of the French Republic. Their social ideas were... - Bilby (4570 bytes)
2: ...xobox image | image = [[Image:bilby_2.jpg]] | caption = ''Greater bilby''}}
12: {{Taxobox section subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = Species}}
16: ...] there were two species. One became extinct in [[1931]], the other survives but remains endangered. T...
24: ...gy)|rabbit]]s. The last confirmed sighting was in 1931.
26: ...nderway for a reintroduction into [[Currawinya National Park]] in [[Queensland]]{{ref|CU}}. - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
2: ... a tsunami can range from unnoticeable to devastation.
6: ...sort of cresting waves that are formed by wind action upon the ocean (with which people are more famil...
10: ...uch as an [[earthquake]], [[volcano|volcanic eruption]], [[landslide]] or [[meteorite impact]]. Howeve...
12: ...r continental plates in a process known as subduction.
14: ...oor. Similarly, a violent submarine volcanic eruption can uplift the water column and generate a tsuna...
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